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|title=The Peculiars

|sort=Peculiars

|publisher=Amulet Books

|date=May 2012

|website=http://www.maureenmcquerry.com

|summary=Lena Mattacascar doesn't understand why her hands and feet are so long and awkward. Her Grandmother tells her she's got goblin in her, and takes after her Father, who disappeared when she was a child. Lena sets off in search of her Father, who was last seen heading for Scree, an untamed and mysterious place said to be home to people with unnatural physical features. Was Lena's Father a Peculiar? And what does that make her?

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Lena's Father left when she was a child, disappearing North to the dangerous and mysterious wilderness called Scree where The Peculiars live - people with unnatural physical features. Lena, herself, has unnaturally long and awkward hands and feet which makes her an easy target for bullies. But Lena wants to know more about herself, why has she got these hands and feet? Is it because she has 'goblin blood' like her bitter Grandmother tells her?